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The Veterans Affairs Department plans to build a system to process simplified claims for Vietnam veterans exposed to the toxic chemical Agent Orange, creating its first fully automated disability ...

Hundreds of veterans who served in the Panama Canal Zone are being denied disability compensation for toxic exposure during ...

(Tribune News Service) — As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, Calif., Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and ...

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A soldier participates in the Norwegian Foot March at Fort Ord National Monument, in Monterey County, California, Oct. 28, 2022. Mounting evidence shows that to kill pervasive poison oak and other ...

As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, Calif., Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and aquifers now known to be ...

As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and aquifers now known to be ...